Hurricane Irma continues catastrophic damage on Carribean islands

허리케인 어마 업데이트 Hurricane Irma blacked out most part of Puerto Rico before heading to the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The category 5 storm took lives and left thousands homeless in the Carribean region since making landfall earlier this week. Cho Sung-min give us the updates. Hurricane Irma is due to hit the American mainland by the weekend... but it's already left tremendous damage in Puerto Rico. According to the U.S. territory's emergency management agency,... heavy downpours and strong winds have blacked out much of the island,... leaving 900-thousand people without electricity and nearly 50-thousand without water. Hospitals are relying on generators. A public power company in the region says the aftermath of the storm could have a long-term impact -- some areas likely to be without power from four to six months. Irma, packing winds of around 300 kilometers per hour... is reportedly the most powerful storm ever recorded in the Atlantic. Experts say it will most likely remain a category 4 or 5 storm for the next two days. So far, it's killed at least nine people on its tear through the Caribbean. Barbuda is said to be literally under water and barely inhabitable. It is reported that half of the island's population is now homeless and that it will cost 100 million dollars to rebuild. Meanwhile, the state of Florida, which is expecting Irma on Sunday... is doing whatever it can to prepare for and avoid major damage. Seven-thousand national guard troops are to be deployed on Friday, and tourists and residents have already started to evacuate. Cho Sung-min, arirang news. Visit ‘Arirang News’ Official Pages Facebook(NEWS):   / newsarirang   Homepage: http://www.arirang.com Facebook:   / arirangtv   Twitter:   / arirangworld   Instagram:   / arirangworld